8:30 p.m. ET, February 27, 2024
Michigan Democratic senator downplays uncommitted effort while others in party warn it’s “hobbling” Biden
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“I’m not sure what we’ll see tonight, we’ll be watching that number. But it’s certainly not unusual for people to vote uncommitted,” Peters told CNN, ticking off the number of uncommitted votes in previous cycles, including when Barack Obama was president and ran unopposed.
Asked if he harbors any concerns about cracks in Biden’s coalition, Peters said: “No, no, I don’t see that. But we’ll continue to hold that together and continue to be strong. You know, if you look at former President Trump — he has an opponent taking 40% in primaries away from him. To me that’s more significant.”
However, others in the party have expressed concern about the organized “uncommitted” effort — led in part by Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan — even as they say they respect the views of voters and acknowledge it’s imperative for Biden to hear out their concerns in a key battleground state.
Sen. Debbie Stabenow, the other Michigan senator, said on CNN earlier today she thinks the campaign to urge voters to vote uncommitted is “certainly not helpful.”
And one House Democrat told CNN there is “massive” frustration inside the party over the effort, worried it could backfire if it winds up helping get Trump elected. “The president is weak enough without hobbling him more with a concerted campaign against him,” the lawmaker told CNN.
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